The snow on Friday wasn’t an issue with the KCS tech, however, the thunderstorms and lightening on Sunday night were. Here is a recap of what happened: Fiber connection to WOCO went down. This connection was pretty much down starting around midnight until 6:45am Monday morning. Because of this, the Kenton City Schools website was…
The Internet Firewall/Web Filtering/SPAM Filtering machine has been moved to a faster machine to increase reliability. Since the move (three weeks ago) there has only been approximately 10 minutes total of downtime. I’ve written some software to keep track of downtime of the various servers in the district and Internet connectivity. You can see the…
The first issue of what I will be offering as a monthly newsletter on educational technology issues is now available. Staff members will receive a paper copy in their mailbox, and everyone can download a copy here. If you are interested in writing an article or are doing engaging and innovative work in your classroom…
Here are a few troubleshooting tips that you can complete yourself when you are having computer issues: 1. Restart the computer. This does not mean holding in the power button until it turns off, it means to go to the Apple Menu and select Restart Computer. This simple process fixes a majority of problem. Please…
I’m installed a piece of software simply called Online Grades. It allows a teacher to post their gradebook directly from Easy Grade Pro to the web. I’ll be adding a link for students off of their MyCatPage to log them automatically into Online Grades, so you do not have to worry about distributing the student’s…
I get several requests a day to unblock a website. For those that do have an educational value I unblock them as soon as I can. Some have no educational value and do not get unblocked. Why are sites filtered? Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act, which became effective in April of 2000. To…
On the survey participants were asked to answer the following question: What needs to change in regards to technology and technology access in the Kenton City School District? How would you recommend enacting this change? I’m going to highlight a few of the responses and try to clear up some problems and misconceptions:
Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to complete the survey for me. I will be using these results along with a student survey to examine what is going well and help address issues in technology usage. In today’s world, a technically literate society is now a requirement. The personal computer…
Upcoming WILD Wednesday classes: January 25th – Using blogs in your classroom February 1st – SPAM e-mail filtering February 8th – Enhancing your computer experience (shortcuts and tips to make your technology experience more efficient. February 22nd – Starting with AppleWorks